Analysis of An Oath
Aleister Crowley 1875 (Leamington Spa) – 1947 (Hastings)
(An Oath wrtitten during the Dawn Meditation)
Aiwaz! Confirm my troth with thee ! my will inspire
With secret sperm of subtle, free, creating Fire!
Mould thou my very flesh as Thine, renew my birth
In childhood merry as divine, enchenated earth!
Dissolve my rapture in Thine own, a sacred slaugther
Whereby to capture and atone the soul of water!
Fill thou my mind with gleaming Thought intense and rare
To One refined, outflung to naught, the Word of Air!
Most, bridal bound, my quintessentil Form thus freeing
From self, be found one Selfhood blent in Spirit Being.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111001010 10111111101 1101110101010 111101110111 011010111 011100110101 0111000101110 111111010101 11011110111 1101111110 111111101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 565 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 10 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 41 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 226 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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